ContentFilm picks up Transamerica for International Screen Daily.com | Jeremy Kay 25 April 2005 :: ContentFilm International has picked up all international rights to Duncan Tucker’s road movie Transamerica, which had its North American premiere at Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend. Transamerica, received its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. ContentFilm International […]
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Revelation delayed as lead actor breaks ankle Screen Daily.com | Sandy George in Sydney 19 April 2005 :: The shooting schedule of Ana Kokkinos’ The Book of Revelation has had to be rapidly re-arranged after lead actor Tom Long broke his ankle on Friday (April 15) while filming in Melbourne. The film was one week […]
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Pic is the first from RubberTreePlant, the newly formed production banner of former Industry Entertainment exec Julia Chasman (“25th Hour,” “Quills”). Shooting starts next month in London and Edinburgh. ContentFilm Intl. is handling worldwide sales, with co-financing from the UK Film Council’s Premiere Fund and a pre-sale of UK TV rights to ITV. “Driving Lessons” […]
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7 Mar 2006: Following a year of retooling that included funding roadblocks and casting changes, Fireworks International is launching Canada production house Shaftesbury Films’ oddball half-hour comedy series The Jane Show at MipTV. Set to premiere on Canadian commercial broadcaster Global Television in the spring, The Jane Show (left, 13×30′) is headlined by comic Teresa […]
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Ian Mohr and Stuart Kemp | Hollywood Reporter Dec. 1, 2003 :: Ed Pressman and John Schmidt’s 2-year-old ContentFilm unit is expected to unveil a reverse takeover of financially embattled U.K.-based production, distribution, and financial banner Winchester Entertainment. Through the deal, Winchester will be absorbed into the ContentFilm fold, but remain based in the United […]
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Fireworks International 19 Heddon St London W1B 4 BG, UK Tel: (44 – 207) 851 6500 Fax: (44 – 207) 851 6504 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.fireworksentertainment.com Stand: R30.26 Contact: Greg Phillips, pres; Saralo MacGregor, VP, sales; Kathryn Rice, VP, sales Europe; Victoria Ryan, dir., sales admin., strategy & special projects; Clare Weatherill, VP, mktg, & […]
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14 Sep 2005 © C21 Media 2005 Fireworks execs fly higher 14 September 2005 :: MIPCOM NEWS: Fireworks International’s Saralo MacGregor has been promoted to exec VP of worldwide distribution, while Kathryn Rice is now SVP of European sales and acquisitions. MacGregor will now oversee Fireworks International’s day-to-day sales and marketing, based out of LA, […]
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05 November 2005 :: ContentFilm Intl. is providing the necessary financing for actor-director Richard Attenborough to begin helming the long-gestating “Closing the Ring,” starring Shirley MacLaine. In turn, ContentFilm will handle worldwide sales of the film, which also has received major financing from the Bank of Ireland. Attenborough is producing with Jo Gilbert. “Closing the […]
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Taking a Shot at Winchester Adam Dawtrey and David Rooney | Variety Dec. 1, 2003 :: Ed Pressman and John Schmidt’s Gotham-based independent production banner ContentFilm will announce plans in London today for a merger with publicly listed U.K. sales and distribution company Winchester Entertainment. Deal is structured as a reverse takeover of Winchester, which […]